I'm a long time lurker, first time commenter, like on anything. Idk how accurate this comic is to your actual experience, or if it's just a character, if this is the proper place, or if what I'm about to say will be at all helpful but I figured I should give it a shot just in case. I used to feel like a freak for not being into normal sex but super into my hypnokink. I thought that was abnormal, my conflict with it and my lack of feeling that same sexual attraction as others cost me my first girlfriend. Turns out, I'm asexual, which relieved me of SO much pressure that I was putting on myself, and it turns out that under that asexual umbrella there're aegosexuals who really only get turned on by kinks, not so much by normal sex. I'm very lucky in that I've since found another ace to fall in love with who understands my kink and even though she's not really into it she indulges it every now and then, and reassures me there's nothing wrong with it or me. I'm sorry for this long rambly comment, just figured in case anybody else feels a similar way to how I used to feel, which caused me a lot of anguish for many years, maybe look into that stuff. I doubt everyone here would find it applicable to them, but in case it might I figured I'd extend that hand because I'd hate for more people to go through what I did, and since I didn't know asexuality or its spectrum even existed until Bojack Horseman.
Also.. I really liked your comic! Just got me thinking with my head brain and not my underbrain, and I've liked all of the work I've seen of yours!
But, uh...yeah, the whole 'really not at all into normal sex and pretty much only turned on by hypnokink' thing is weirdly *exactly* the same as my experience with it. This *feels* too personal to be just a character thing, and if so, just know that (reassuring hypno-mommy cuddles) we're all weird here. Let's be weird and rub ourselves brainless to spirally-eyed girls together! ^.^
I feel this pretty hardcore tbh. There's a lot about hypnokink that's kind of... hard to explain, I guess? Because there is a major noncon element to it, and for a lot of people that could be a huge red flag, no matter how you try to explain it. It really walks the line between what's 'safe' and what isn't for some. I can't say I'd blame anyone for finding it a little creepy, or a little much.
I guess I'm also the kind of person who finds enjoyment in it because of that slight creep factor. Always loved the idea of voodoo and whatnot in a sort of fantasy setting. Heck, one of my first experiences to hypnosis in general was reading about Haitian 'zombies'. I found it much more fascinating than scary, at an age when I was too young to understand how it really made me feel, haha.
It's always made hypnokink feel a little isolating because I'm an introverted sort to begin with, so I don't really know how to make friends in the community. It's more of a thing I privately enjoy for the most part, I guess. But I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that way.
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Also.. I really liked your comic! Just got me thinking with my head brain and not my underbrain, and I've liked all of the work I've seen of yours!
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But, uh...yeah, the whole 'really not at all into normal sex and pretty much only turned on by hypnokink' thing is weirdly *exactly* the same as my experience with it.
This *feels* too personal to be just a character thing, and if so, just know that (reassuring hypno-mommy cuddles) we're all weird here. Let's be weird and rub ourselves brainless to spirally-eyed girls together! ^.^
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You guys are all wonderful. I wish I could hand out hugs or hypno-spirals to all of you depending on personal preference.
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I guess I'm also the kind of person who finds enjoyment in it because of that slight creep factor. Always loved the idea of voodoo and whatnot in a sort of fantasy setting. Heck, one of my first experiences to hypnosis in general was reading about Haitian 'zombies'. I found it much more fascinating than scary, at an age when I was too young to understand how it really made me feel, haha.
It's always made hypnokink feel a little isolating because I'm an introverted sort to begin with, so I don't really know how to make friends in the community. It's more of a thing I privately enjoy for the most part, I guess. But I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels that way.
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